The data displays the number of patients treated for substance abuse problems in Norway in 2015, by diagnoses. That year, the total number of patients being treated because of alcohol problems amounted to roughly 9.1 thousand people. Approximately twice as high was the number of patients treated because of drug or medicine problems, reaching almost 18.2 thousand people.
Alcohol | 3801 | 5934 | 9806 |
Drugs/ medicine | 5316 | 12216 | 17694 |
Total substance abuse | 9117 | 18150 | 27500 |